I don't know if I'm screwed or not. 9 years ago I had a major renovation done on my primary home. All required permits were pulled and approved. Halfway thru the job I added a porch, just a deck really. This month I hired a contractr to cover the porch by extending the existing roof line. I asked the contractor to pull the permits and he said not necessary since it is a cover for an existing porch.
So he starts the job but I say please double check with the town concerning the permit. He does, they move slowly in this town so the work continues. Now the work is done. Now the town rejects my permit application saying the porch is not on record and it doesn't meet setback requirements. It should be 50' from the road but is only 40'.
Apparently the porch never made it to the review board 10 years ago.
WTF do I do now? Open a can of worms with a variance? Ignore it all?
Heres the nearly complete job:
